Category: PROVINCIAL

SM City Trece Martires held a Grand Magical Christmas Parade today, December 9 that also coincides with the gift-giving Bears of Joys to the delight of kids and young-at-heart. The Grand Magical Christmas Parade highlighted a magical parade with production performance by the 75 talents of Lea de Castro Music Studio and Artist Center from Imus, Cavite. Guests and participants who bought Bears of Joys were entitled to free entrance and photo ops with the characters from the Grand Magical Christmas Parade. Pairs of Bears of Joys are available in all SM Stores for P200. Each purchase will entitle the […]

Our first day in Bukidnon gave us the chance to see one of Brgy. Dahilayan’s nature haven perfect for overnight stay and camping if you’re visiting Dahilayan Forest Park. We are talking about Alomah’s Place, a nature and organic farm opened by Benjohn and Grace Mahistrado for vacationers, tourists, and those who need a place to stay for retreat camp. Alomah’s Place is located in Manolo Fortich, the place of Del Monte pineapple plantation farm. It was during our Agricultural Training Institute’s Organic Agriculture Bloggers Tour when we experienced our first night in Alomah’s Place. Alomah’s Place encourages the consumption […]

Mt. Pinatubo is as always an active volcano located in the tripoint in Luzon, namely the provinces of Tarlac, Pampanga, and Zambales. Mt. Pinatubo erupted in 1991, the massive and biggest explosion of that decade, so big that the effects of the eruption was felt almost every part of the world. Continuous ash falls and lahar devastated livelihoods, crops, and ruined natural landmarks in the area. Subsequently, after many years, the road to Mt. Pinatubo opened to tourists and visitors to see the majestic crater lake of Mt. Pinatubo – a seven kilometer one-way walk/trek from the base land to the crater view deck […]

I would have never been more inspired to share my Sinulog experience if I haven’t participated in this year’s weekend celebration in Cebu. Christmas season in Cebu doesn’t end in December. The revelry and merrymaking continues in January or until Sinulog festival ends, third week of the first month of the new year. For this year, the Grand Parade was held on January 17, Sunday. What is Sinulog? Sinulog celebrates the feast of Sto. Niño ‘Viva Pit Senyor’ with week-long festivity including a showcase of parade of competing cultural dances. The grand fluvial procession parades in different locations that is significant […]

Named after the Philippines’ country code, Plus63 music fest debuted first wave at Cebu International Convention Center Grounds in Mandaue City last January 16 as Cebu province celebrates Sinulog 2016. Crowds flocked CICC grounds from 3PM to 4AM and all dance and rock to the beat and music of Plus63 performers which included local band Powespoonz, DJs The Zombettes and Mark Marasigan, and headlined by Steve Angello. I arrived at the venue past 12 midnight and bought a ticket for PHP 1,200 sold on the day itself. The ticket price was higher compared from the tickets sold for early birds. […]

Paragliding Philippines Federation, the Municipality of Maasim and the Provincial Sarangani Office, with the Department of Tourism, The City of General Santos, and Air Sports Adventure Philippines (ASAP) embark on a historical collaboration to present one of the most spectacular sporting events that the country has ever seen, the Paragliding Accuracy World Cup.Set for March 27-29, 2015, Sarangani Province shall land in air adventure sports history, to be the country’s first venue of the Paragliding Accuracy World Cup (PGAWC). Gravity•Zero: PGAWC 2015 Series, is the Philippines’ bid to take on the world of paragliding in accuracy discipline, as it opens […]

A GrabTaxi passenger experience Based on stories from taxi drivers themselves, the no. 1 taxi booking service app in the Philippines really hits the nail on the spot! Currently, the most sought-after mobile app, GrabTaxi has more than 60,000 taxi drivers registered with the network, downloaded onto more than 3 million mobile devices, and 6 bookings made per second in 6 countries where the taxi booking app and one of the fastest growing-for-profit social start-up companies in Southeast Asia is present to date. Aside from providing passengers fast, safe, and reliable rides, GrabTaxi also created more income generating opportunities for taxi drivers. […]

Despite the timely Php 10 rollback on the flag down meter rate issuing a lot of protests from taxi drivers and operators nationwide, GrabTaxi, the revolutionary platform mobile application for fast, reliable, and safe taxi ride has successfully mounted a significant impression in Iloilo City, the City of Love, with the launching held last March 11, 2015. Iloilo City is the 4th key city where GrabTaxi is now available for free downloading and access. GrabTaxi’s Acting General Manager Natasha Bautista came to the City of Love to host and represent GrabTaxi launch attended by media and bloggers from the province as well […]

When you’ve missed a big event with giant balloons flying up in the air on a grand festivity, you would be waiting another year round just to see them again. Not anymore. Expect a bigger and more festive event as Pilipinas International Balloon Festival Inc. (PIBF) together with the Arts, Culture and Tourism Office (ACTO) and Pampanga Provincial Government spreadheads the 2nd Lubao International Balloon Festival (LIBF) on March 26-29, 2015 in Pradera Verde, Prado Siongco, Lubao, Pampanga. Activities such as water balloon fight, motor paragliding, paint ball exhibition, night glow and fireworks display will happen aside from the 40 colorful […]

Last year, there were no celebrations of Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Festival (PIHABF)… What we meant, officially there was none. The last Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Festival was staged in 2013, the 18th year. It was supposed to be followed in 2014. Hence a break and needed preparation were done, skipping 2014, to present the BIGGEST ans comeback of the Philippines’ first, foremost and longest-running gathering of aviators and aviation enthusiasts from around the globe is back for another Weekend of Everything That Flies! Yes, Philippines! This year’s Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Festival is set on February 12 to 15 […]

Globe service restorations As Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby) made its presence in Metro Manila, it slowly weakens and downgraded to tropical storm category. To provide faster and better communications, especially within affected areas, Globe is now working on the restoration of a base station controller located in Gigoso, Giporlos in the province of Eastern Samar. The company expects to begin firing up cell sites covered by the facility within the day. Globe Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications Yoly Crisanto said that the network operations suffered no catastrophic outages from Typhoon Ruby. Most service disruptions were due to outages of commercial power and […]

Appeal to assist Habitat for Humanity has launched an appeal to assist families affected by Typhoon Hagupit (called Ruby in the Philippines). The storm made first landfall on Samar, an island in the Visayas, Philippines, late in the evening of Saturday, 6th of December. According to the Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, more than 130,000 families were evacuated in six regions of the Philippines. “Habitat for Humanity is sheltering evacuated families in Leyte, Cebu and Surigao del Sur provinces of the Philippines. Staff and materials are prepositioned and we will begin to support affected families […]

It was during the start of the first song of American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers that we realized that we were hanging out on the same platform with GMA-7 Kapuso actress Glaiza de Castro and we thought the quirk lady in front of us was just a regular concertgoer inching her way to see the one-of-a-lifetime performance of Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, and Josh Klinghoffer – collectively known as the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Glaiza was in her high spirit and she was just stunned just like the rest of the crowd when the band started to play their first […]

If it’s meant to be, then it is really meant to be. Just like what the old adage says and true to that, one of our dreams came true when we stepped into the grounds of Global Gateway Logistics City for the 7107 International Music Festival to witness and photographed one of 90‘s greatest alternative/funk rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Lady luck must have been on our side ‘coz days before this big musical event in Clark‘s history, we would constantly hear songs of Red Hot Chili Peppers played on somebody else’s music box, little did we know that we […]

A local mountaineering guide and four foreigners were reported to have died from Tuesday morning explosion of Mt. Mayon in Legazpi City. There were reports of injured persons, according to Governor Joey Salceda, head of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council. Mayon Volcano spewed ash two kilometers high without warning. “It was like a pressure cooker exploding,” Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) Administrator Dr. Renato Solidum Jr. likened the steam-driven explosion of Mt. Mayon. “It was like using a sealed pressure cooker with boiling water in it. If the steam pressure is enclosed, that could blow off the lid. Rains […]